Entertainment

Posted by The Knoxville Journal on January 21st, 2014

Whoopi Goldberg has a fear of flying: Goldberg was working at a cafe as a waitress in San Diego in 1978 when she saw a commercial airliner collide with a Cessna killing 144 people. Ever since then, she’s had a fear of flying and prefers to travel by bus instead.

She used to be a phone sex operator: Goldberg made the shocking confession about her past on The View in 2011, adding that the money was “great”. Before she was famous, she also worked as a bricklayer and was a makeup artist in a mortuary.

She has no eyebrows: Have you ever noticed that before? No eyebrows at all. Zip. Zilch. Apparently she shaves them off.

Ex-teen idol arrested for third time

David Cassidy, a former teen idol and star of the 1970s, was arrested in California last Friday night on suspicion of drunken driving — his third such arrest since 2010.

After smelling alcohol coming from Cassidy’s vehicle, an officer gave him a field sobriety test that showed a blood alcohol content of 0.19 percent, the patrol said. That level is more than twice the 0.08 legal limit for driving in California. Cassidy was alone in the car, the patrol said. He was arrested in Schodack, N.Y. last August and in Florida in 2010 for DUI.
Cassidy became a worldwide teenage heartthrob in the 1970s with hits such as “Cherish” and “I Think I Love You” during the run of “The Partridge Family,” a television series about a family of pop singers. He has since appeared on Broadway, in U.S. stage shows and in films.

Trump thinks he can win

Billionaire developer Donald Trump on Friday said he will run for governor this year if the state Republican Party can show it can rally behind him.

“If we could have a unified party with everybody backing properly, I would do it and I think I’d win,” Trump said in an interview with The Buffalo News.

“Lone Survivor” at the top

Action drama “Lone Survivor” climbed to top spot at the North American box office, earning $37.8 million in its first weekend in general release, industry figures showed Monday.
Three movies that won honors at Sunday’s Golden Globe awards were also in the top 10 — although the prizes for “American Hustle,” “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Frozen” will likely only show in a box office boost starting this coming weekend.
“Lone Survivor,” starring Mark Wahlberg and portraying one of the deadliest incidents of the Afghan war, is based on a book by the only Navy SEAL commando to survive a raid targeting an extremist fighter.

Kanye West investigated

Beverly Hills police say they’re investigating Kanye West for misdemeanor battery after a man accused the rapper of attacking him.
Sgt. George DeMarois says several witnesses identified West as being involved in an altercation around 12:15 p.m. on Monday at an office on exclusive Wilshire Boulevard. The rapper had left the premises by the time officers arrived.

Tim McGraw releasing new album

Tim McGraw is kicking off the new year in rocking style, with a new single, “Lookin’ for That Girl,” and plans for an upcoming album and summer tour.
The up-tempo “Lookin’ for That Girl” is the lead single from Tim’s next album, due for release this year. “This last year was unbelievable, and I don’t have any plans to let off the gas now,” said Tim in a release. “We didn’t want to waste any time getting new music out.”